Hinge.



F. F. MlLLER.

HINGE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 21, I914.

Patented Jan. 25, 1916.

rimiin'r. MILLER, or YANKron, sourn DAKOTA.

HINGE.

License.

To all whom it may concern Be t known that I, FRANK F. Minus,

citizenof the United States, residing at Yankton; in the countyofYankton' and State of South Dakota, have invented certain new and usefullinproveinents n Hinges, of

i Which thefollowing is a specification.

; the member.

. i As before stated, the present invention is so constructed that a-This invention relates to door hinges," and more particularly to animprovement in the hinge shown in my Patent; ;No.'1,091,58e,

issued March 31, 1914i. v

More specifically speaking, the present in vention is an improvement inhinges of that type employed in hanging barn and similar doors, andparticularly, doors that are constructed of boardsdisposededge to edgehorizontally. I 7 It is one aim of the invention to provide a hinge ofthe type mentioned so constructed that the door hung thereby will'besecurely held against'sagging and loose from its frame. I

Another aiinof the invention is to providea hinge so, constructed thatany desired number of hinges may, be employed and mounted upona singlepintle, Which serves to properly aline the hinges and to further preventsagging of the door The invention also aims against being torn to.provide a hinge so constructed that the member thereofi Which is to besecured to the door frame, Will requirebut 'a single bolt for itsattaohment, the boltbeing adaptedtobe readily 5 notches.

assembled with the .member and disconnected therefrom, and the boltopening being so located as not to materially Weaken number of themmaybeemployed in hanging a door, and this feature adaptsthe hinge foruse in hanging doors comprising an upper and a loiverysection. In thisconnection the invention contemplates so constructing the door carriedmembers of the hinges that When employed in connection With a doorcomprising an upper and a lower section, thelo'wer section may beliftedto adapt it who swung over snow drifts or other'obstruct'ions, andto permit of the passage therebeneath ofsmall stock. y i

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 I is a View in elevation ofseveral of the hinges embodying the present invention arranged tosupporta single door, Fig.2 is a view similar to Fig. 1, illustratingthe hinges arspecification of Letters Patent.

' Patented Jan.25,1916.

Application filed. May 27, 1914. $eria1 No. $41,309.

ranged to support a door comprising upper anddloiyer sections,,the uppersection being shown swung open and the lower section being shown indottedlines in lifted position. l ig. 3 is a perspective View of thedoor carried member of the hinge. Fig. dis a simi lar view of thatmember of the hinge which is carriedby the door frame. Fig. 5 is afragmentary rear elevation of the hinge member shown in Fig. 4. U

Corresponding and like parts are referred to'iiithe followingdescription and indicated in all thevieivs of the accompanying drawingsby the same reference characters. I As before stated, the hingeembodying the present invention is particularly designed for use inhanging doors made up of a number: of boards disposed horizontally edgeto edge, these boards being indicated in the drawings by the numeral l.These boards 1 are assembled and secured together in the manner shownand described inmy above-mentioned patent and hence the manner ofassembling and securing them will only be briefly described herein; Atthe pointsiativhich the hinges are to be located,

, the meeting-edges of the boards, at that side of the door Which is tobe the hinged side,

cut away, as indicated at-2, and notched, as: indicated at 8, and angleiron bars 4.- are secured to opposite faces of the door and eX- tendvertically and have one edge of their attached Wings registering withthe said Thatmember of each hinge which is'carriedbythe door comprises aWeb 5 which is flat sided and which is provided at e v a one edge, withanintegral check portion 6 hinge embodying the i which projects aboveand below the plane of the Web and extends from one end of the saidedgeof the Web to a point adjacent the other end thereof.- riclieelrrneinber' 7 is formed integral with the opposite edge of the Web5 and this latter cheek member projects beyondfthe' first mentione'd endof the iveb EtHCl'lS formed With an eye 8 toengage the pintle of thehinge,as will be pr'e-sently explained. A bracing and reinforcing Web 9isformed integral With the outerface ofthe cheek portion 7 and with theeye'S, -,.thev eye being offset Withrelation to the plane of -'the saidcheek portion, Atits "other end, the Web 5 is formed with] an abutmentportion "10 which occupies a ter v tic'a'l plane at right angles to theplanes, oc-

this abutment portion projects above'and' "cupied by the cheek portions6 and7,'and I V below the said end of the web 5. In as sembling themember with the door, t is disposed with its web 5 lyingwithin thecut-away portions 2 of the edges of the boards and with the projectingparts of its abutment portions lying within the notches The abutmentportion 10 projects also at its side edgesbeyond the edges of the web 5,and these projecting edge porions engage against the edges ofgtheattached wings or flanges of 1the angle iron bars In this manner thesaidhinge members are securely anchored to the door and are preventedagainst'displacement in any direction, it being understood that thecheelr portions 6 and 7 rest against opposite edges of the boardsbetween the edges of which the web 5 of the hinge member is secured.

That member of each hinge which is secured to the door frame, comprlsesan attaching leaf 11 formed atone end with a laterally o-Eset eye 12braced by a web 13 which is integral with the eye and with one face ofthe said attaching portion. At one point in its line of juncture withthe face of the attaching portion 11, the web 13 is notched, asindicated. at it, and at this point, the attaching member is formed withan opening 15 which is'substantially of mushroom form, the narrowedportion of the opening-being indicated at 16. The bolt which is employedin securing this member to the door frame is indicated by the nu meral17 and is of the ordinary form having a rounded head. In assembling thebolt with the member, the boltv is disposed substantially parallel tothe portion 11 and its head and the adjacent portion of its shank arecaused to enter the opening 15, the bolt being. rotated about its head,as a center, as 1t is inserted into the opening. The notch 141 016course permits of such insertion of the head end of the bolt intheopening 15 and when the bolt has been rotated to extend at rightangles from the attaching portion 11, its head will be prevented frompassing through the opening. The shank of the bolt is then insertedthrough an opening bored through the upright of the doorframe, and a nutis threaded upon the bolt and tightened. 7 p

As before stated, any desired number of hinges may be employed inhanging a door depending of course upon the type of its weight, and itsheight and width. In

' hanging a single door, such as shown in Fig.

l of the drawings, the required number of Vihinge. membersshown in Fig.l are secured tical alinement. The door to the upright of the door framein the manner above described with the eyes 12 in veris then supportedwith the eyes 8 of its hinge members resting upon the eyes 12 of theframe carried hinge members and the pintle of the hinge, which comprisesa-suitable length of pipe or rod door,

material, indicated at 18, is inserted throughthe eyes. Where the hingesare to support adoor comprising an upper and a lower section, thesections comprising the door are hung in the manner above described andso that when the sections are closed, the lower edge of the uppersection will lie close to or meet the upper edge of the lower section.By reference to Fig. 2 of the drawings, in which such a door isillustrated, it will 1 be section and the eye 12 of the lower hinge ofthe upper section. Inasmuch as'theeyes,

observed that there is a space between, the eye 8 of the upper hinge ofthe lower door to swing this section over a snow drift or,

other obstruction, the upper section having of course been first swungto open position;

or it may be desirable to lift or raise the lower section to permit.small stock to pass beneath thesame. 1 i

It willbe understood from the foregoing that the narrowed portion 16ofthe opening .in'the hinge member 11 permitsof the ad justment of thishinge member with respect to the bolt 17, siould the door not fit tight.at the hinge'connection or should the bolt opening in the door framehave been bored at the wrong place and in order that the hinge memberwill be prevented from slipping, after the bolt has been tightened, the:

rear face of the'member is formed with serrations 11. V

It will furthermore be understood from an 'inspectionof the drawings andfrom the foregoing description of the invention that.

inasmuch as the pintleemployed is common to all of the hinges,the-hinges will be securely held in alinement with each other in everyposition of the door. Furthermore the weight of the door exerts a pullupon the set of hinges directly in the verticalplane of the door asdistinguished from the pull exerted to one side or the other of thisplane in the use of the ordinary hinge, and this strain is evenlydistributed between'the several hinges due to the provision of the anglebars 4 and the manner in which the hinge members 5 cooperate therewith.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. As a new article of manufacture, a

hinge member comprising a web having door-face-engaging cheek portionsintegral with its lateral edges, and having an eye integral with oneendof one of said check portions and laterally offset with respecttheret.

'2. As a new article of manufacture, a hin e member com P181110 anattachin orr b i 7 tion hZLVHI an e e and JIOVlClGd' with a remforcingweb integral with one face of the portion and formed at a point in theline of juncture with the said face With a notch, the said attachingportion being formed with an opening located opposite the notch.

3. As a new article of manufacture, a hinge member comprising anattaching portion having an eye and provided With a reinforcing webintegral with one face of the portion and formed at a point in the lineof juncture with the said lace With a notch,

the said attaching portion being formed with said opening having itsWall of an outline approximately corresponding to the outline I of avertical section through the head end 15 of a bolt.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of tWo Witnesses.

FRANK F. MILLER. [L.S.] VVitnesses o J. K. VAN CAMP, "W; F. JENoKs.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each; by addressingthev Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, D. C. Y

